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I don’t believe in efficiency…

February 26, 2010 | in Leadership, Software Development | Leave a Comment

The obsession with efficiency makes “dilbert-state-like-companies” that takes decisions based on wrong assumptions. Budgets seems like one of the most dangerous tools if you want a sane company – a budget is in most companies the bible that everyone have to obey but like project plans it can mostly be put in the category of wishful thinking that have the extra bonus that management have a hard time seeing the really good ideas that could make the cash counter go ding ding ding! ;-)

Dan North gave a marvelous talk at the Øredev conference 2009 about “The obsession with efficiency” with a nice technology twist:

Dan North mentions the BBRT – Beyond Budgeting Roundtable as an alternative to budgeting.

I can really recommend Tom DeMarco’s book ‘Slack: Getting Past Burn-out, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency‘.

 

Are You Ready to Succeed?

February 25, 2010 | in Leadership | Leave a Comment

Dr. Srikumar Rao conceived the pioneering course Creativity and Personal Mastery; which is one of the most popular and highest rated courses at London Business School and Columbia Business School. Based on this course, Are You Ready to Succeed is an Eastern tradition inspired self-help book that promises readers the tools to effect fundamental life changes and find inner peace. At its heart, this is a case of Eastern philosophy leading Western MBAs along the path to self-improvement and corporate enlightenment, with a kinder and more productive working world as the ultimate goal.

Dr. Srikumar Rao visited Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss “Are You Ready to Succeed?”. Stay tuned the next 48 minutes.

 

Leaders that never say I

February 8, 2010 | in Leadership | 2 Comments

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but “we” gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done. (Peter F. Drucker)

The supreme quality for leadership

October 17, 2009 | in Leadership | 1 Comment

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)

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Porcupine X is a blog about management, software development, gadgets, photography, networking and the things in between.

Porcupine X is run by Jørgen Larsen - A Jack of all trades, master of none, though often better than a master of one. He is an expert in software development (methods, process, programming, usability, ...), an inspiring leader, a caring manager, a semi-professional photographer, a writer, an open networker, a handyman, a father, an old DJ and radiohost, an idealist, a creative person, easily inspired, very independent, spunky...


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